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RE: My Other T-Shirt…
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Author: ryanvis
I just bought this shirt… I think I need to get in the T-shirt business. Link [Via Preshrunk]
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RE: Columbia U. researchers seek "Music Lab" survey participants
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Author: ryanvis
The Sociology department at Columbia Univ. is running an experiment in what makes a hit song. From BoingBoing: My colleagues and I in the Sociology department at Columbia University are doing an experiment about pop music which might be interesting to your readers. If they participate they will have a chance to discover and download […]
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Starbucks Delocator
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Author: ryanvis
Support your independent coffee house (or a second, not-as-large chain). Or, just Googlebomb this site withStarbuck’s Delocator. Why? From BoingBoing: “‘The Delocator’ is a site that helps you find independent alternatives to Starbucks in your neighborhood. So why isn’t it called the ‘Starbucks Delocator’? Because the San Francisco Art Institute was too scared that Starbucks […]
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New button in the Links section
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Author: ryanvis
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I put a new button in the Links section on the right of the page (so if you’re reading via RSS, you don’t see it, except for this post). It’s for WOXY, an internet radio station. They play a pretty cool mix of modern rock (not Creed). Stuff like Camper Van Beethoven, The Decemberists, and […]
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Speaker Placement Guides
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Author: ryanvis
eCoustics has a helpful guide that will show you how to setup your home theater speakers for best performance. Direct link to article [Via DesignTechnica]
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Been gone, now not
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Author: ryanvis
Sorry for the hiatus, I’ve been sick and work is fuggin’ insane. In the meantime, enjoy today’s April Fool’s sites. Urgo’s list of April Fool’s Jokes on Websites
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Daily Show's take on the Schiavo case
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Author: ryanvis
I’ve said once and I’ll say it again: “it’s sad when we have to make our comedians the voice of sanity.” Download this video [4MB WMV]. Watch it. Point people here. It explains why this is a story. Ok, no it does’t, but it does point out just how insane this whole thing has become.
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Ari Rang
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Author: ryanvis
I know I promised unpronounceable words next time I did a restaurant review, but I have to rave about a new place. We went to Ari Rang on Ann Arbor-Saline Rd near Godaiko and Outback. Wow. What a great lunch. Since it was lunch (and we’re not restaurant reviewers) we both ordered Bee Bim Bop […]
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What a good book question
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Author: ryanvis
I saw this on Crescat Sententia this morning, and I thought “what an interesting question to pose”. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? (N.B.: this refers to what book you would memorize, as do the characters at the end of Bradbury’s novel) Mine isn’t exactly the greatest novel in […]
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Confirmation (of a sort) of the end of RoboHelp
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If this isn’t telling, I don’t know what is. Link to forum In case the link goes dead (or the comments are deleted), here are the three posts so far (I apologize for the length): I’m the Director of Product Management responsible for RoboHelp, Captivate, and other Macromedia products. I haven’t posted to this list […]